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Locality Name:
Cligga Mine, Cligga Head, Perranporth, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, England, UK

Oldest recorded age at locality: 359
Youngest recorded age at locality: 252

mindat Locality ID: 1115
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1115.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cligga Mine, Cligga Head, Perranporth, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, England, UK": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°20'20"N
Longitude: 5°10'40"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.338888888889,-5.1777777777778

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Andalusite	Arsenopyrite	Atacamite	Brochantite	Chalcopyrite	Columbite	Connellite	Copper	Covellite	Diaspore
Löllingite	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pharmacosiderite	Quartz	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Stannite
Stannoidite	Vivianite

Andalusite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Botallackite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Connellite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Erythrite ()*	Ferberite ()*	Ferrokësterite ()*	Goethite ()*
Kësterite ()*	Lavendulan ()*	Löllingite ()*	Metazeunerite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Paratacamite ()*	Pharmacosiderite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scorodite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stannite ()*	Stannoidite ()*	Stolzite ()*	Varlamoffite ()*

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al As Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H K Mo Na O Pb S Si Sn U W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H K Mo Na O Pb S Si Sn U W Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Arsenopyrite Atacamite Brochantite Chalcopyrite Columbite Connellite Copper Covellite Diaspore
Löllingite Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pharmacosiderite Quartz Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Stannite
Stannoidite Vivianite

29 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	359	252	1310
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	359	252	9052
Botallackite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	359	252	49
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	359	252	1633
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	359	252	5171
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	359	252	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	359	252	27198
Connellite ()*	Connellite	Cu₃₆(SO₄)(OH)₆₂Cl₈·6H₂O	359	252	295
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	359	252	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	359	252	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	359	252	2970
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	359	252	814
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)	359	252	551
Ferrokësterite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	359	252	13
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	359	252	7437
Kësterite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂ZnSnS₄	359	252	82
Lavendulan ()*	None	NaCaCu₅(AsO₄)₄Cl·5H₂O	359	252	149
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	359	252	762
Metazeunerite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	359	252	182
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	359	252	5800
Paratacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₃(Cu,Zn)Cl₂(OH)₆	359	252	158
Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	KFe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·6-7H₂O	359	252	428
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	359	252	61156
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	359	252	1153
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	359	252	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	359	252	668
Stannoidite ()*	Stannoidite	Cu₈(Fe,Zn)₃Sn₂S₁₂	359	252	80
Stolzite ()*	Scheelite	Pb(WO₄)	359	252	156
Varlamoffite ()*	Rutile	(Sn,Fe)(O,OH)₂	359	252	56

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Lucy_066	359	252	Permo-Carboniferous											1115	Cligga Mine, Cligga Head, Perranporth, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, England, UK	Cligga Head	Kissin and De Alton (1989)		CM27_673

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060870	Cligga Mine, Cligga Head, Perranporth, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, England, UK	https://rruff.info/R060870

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